The terrorist who carried out the shooting attack at the Hizme checkpoint outside of Jerusalem on Thursday was a member of the Palestinian security forces, the Bethlehem-based Ma’an News Agency reported.

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According to the report, the shooter was Mazen Hassan Oraiba of the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Abu Dis, a Palestinian intelligence officer.

An IDF soldier and an Israeli civilian were wounded in the shooting at the Hizma checkpoint outside the Jerusalem neighborhood of Pisgat Ze’ev on Thursday.